GOP on ObamaCare: Such a mess, no wonder Obama exempted himself

Hello. I’m Dan Coats and I have the honor of representing the people of Indiana in the U.S. Senate. It’s been one month since the launch of the health care law’s website, and many Americans across the country still cannot enroll.

The White House and congressional Democrats have insisted time and again that the ObamaCare insurance exchanges would be tested, secure and ready to go on October 1. The President even told the American public that signing up online would be as easy as a few simple keystrokes. (Scroll down for the video version of these remarks.)

Perhaps the President hasn’t tried logging onto the website himself because he and his political appointees are not required to join ObamaCare.

Let me repeat that — the President and his team are not required to join ObamaCare.

Unfortunately, the rest of the country doesn’t have that luxury.

Too many Americans still cannot even access the online exchanges, and for the few that have, they’re experiencing sticker shock.

The President told us that ObamaCare is more than a website. I agree. It is more than just a website and the problems run far deeper than a few technological glitches.

When middle-class families are getting hit with massive premium increases and outrageous deductibles — it’s more than just a website.

When individuals can’t keep the doctors they have trusted for years — it’s more than just a website.

When hardworking Americans are seeing their hours cut and paychecks shrink — it’s more than just a website.

And when more people are losing their plans than are able to enroll in new ones — it’s more than just a website.

Take, for example, Rebecca from Muncie, Indiana. Rebecca is one of the many Americans who received a letter saying her current individual health care plan will be cancelled due to ObamaCare.

She discovered that the premiums in the government-approved plans are double and triple what she is paying now. She wants to know why she can’t keep her current plan as the President promised. There are stories like Rebecca’s all across the country.

And the administration knew this would happen. This week, the public learned that for at least the past three years, the Obama administration has known that millions of Americans will not be able to keep their health care plans.

But the President has continued to promise repeatedly, ‘If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period.’

Well, tell that to over 300,000 people in Florida who have received cancellation notices or the nearly one million Californians that may see their health care insurance plans disappear.

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